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How is your working mom?

03/11/2023

Cathy Brownfield

Back in 1999 I was working full time. I truly enjoyed my job. I honed my writing skills there, and my editing skills. I was afforded opportunities to meet people, write their stories and see them published in the newspapers for whom I worked.

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Human trafficking has many faces

02/25/2023

Cathy Brownfield

I was visiting my two youngest daughters when they lived in North Carolina a few years ago. As I walked through the local Wally-World I was approached by a young man. He was a stranger to me, and I have no idea to this day why he chose to strike up a conversation with me. He told me he had written a book. I was immediately interested in what he had to say, though I will tell you that it was not what I might have expected. He said he would go to his car and get a copy of it for me, which he did. I asked him to autograph it for me. He said he would give it to me only if I shared it with others.

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Looking for a little bit of hope

02/18/2023

Cathy Brownfield

Recently someone spoke of hopelessness after the mills closed and the effects on the residents of Jefferson County. The remark took me back to the late 1970s and early 1980s in Columbiana County. The tumble of the region into depression – economic, emotional and psychological – came back to me in full color. Families were torn apart. Men who were used to supporting their families, suddenly, were unable to find any job that would support their families. Difficult, difficult, times in an area that had always been prosperous.

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This month: Loneliness Awareness Month

02/11/2023

Cathy Brownfield

During the pandemic, just about everyone seems to have complained about the social isolation. Loneliness and alone are not the same thing. And, as it turns out, loneliness is the opposite today of what the ancient philosophers defined it. The bottom line is that we are social creatures and isolation is not a good thing for us. Too much of anything is not a good thing.

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Coming soon: Random Acts of Kindness Day

02/04/2023

Anonymous

Our parents teach us many things.

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Gratitude for public support of FRC’s mission

12/23/2023

Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. As we approach the culmination of the year, I extend sincere holiday greetings on behalf of the Family Recovery Center.

Changes

11/4/2023

Things change. People change. Faces change. I have heard that change is the only thing that is consistent in life. Changes may be bad, risky, negative. But they also can become good, healthy and positive again. I do not know how my supervisor at FRC is going to feel about this column, but being the sentimental person that I am … I am an introvert. I write much better than I speak. And I write from the heart. So, maybe Eloise will be OK with these words.

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